In the aftermath of a severe earthquake, the affected area of the country was graded as a Grade 2 acute emergency. The HR Officer in the WHO Country Office (WCO) completes the selection report to fill a two-month international temporary position for a Communication Officer in the approved OCR HR plan. This would be an initial appointment. This now needs to go through the approval path.

Who should the HR Officer go to for approval?

Kyle is an Incident Manager (IM) for a new event that has been identified. He needs to access the Contingency Fund for Emergencies (CFE).

What does Kyle need to do to access the CFE? Select all that apply.

Naomi is an Administrative Officer in Country X. A measles outbreak has been identified and Naomi needs to purchase vaccines to the value of 190,000 USD. She first checks the GSM Goods catalogue and confirms the vaccines are available.

Who can grant approval for this vaccine purchase?

After securing approval from the WR or IM, Naomi can purchase the measles vaccines from the GSM Goods catalogue.

Before completing the emergency procurement, does Naomi need to involve the Quality Assurance Technical Network (QA)?

Finn is the Administrative Officer in the WHO Country Office (WCO) on a Caribbean island. The island has been hit by a category three hurricane. Within 24 hours of this emergency, the WCO has established a field office and Finn has been assigned to this field office.

Which emergency roster would Finn have been deployed from?

Agata is working for Médecins Sans Frontières as an intern, and she will arrive on the Caribbean island in one week to support the emergency response. Her deployment is a result of emergency roster activation and candidate approval.

Who approves the surge capacity candidates?

Two days ago, severe flooding affected a region in Country Y, causing a number of deaths and leaving thousands homeless. The area has just been graded as a Grade 1 acute emergency.

Arun is the Administrative Officer for the WHO Country Office (WCO). What should he do next? Select all that apply.

Hanna is working in the field office as part of a protracted emergency. She becomes concerned that one member of the WHO response team is visiting local prostitutes. The women are over the age of 18.

What should she do?

Stefan has been deployed to support a Grade 3 emergency. He has just attended a teleconference which included positive news about the emergency response. It was agreed that the information should be posted on the WHO social media channels.

As this will be public information, can Stefan share the news on his own social media channels immediately?

A city and the surrounding region have experienced a humanitarian emergency as a result of civil unrest. It is now six months since the event was graded as a Grade 2 acute emergency.

What happens now?

Via the in-country disease surveillance system, Country X has reported an outbreak of flu-like disease in one of its cities. The cause of the disease is unclear and the report has not been verified.

According to the Emergency Response Framework, what is the first step WHO should take in assessing the situation?

The situation in Country X has been verified as a public health event. What main criteria should be used to determine and characterize the level of risk?

Select all that apply.

A Pacific island has been hit by a severe tsunami. The emergency has been assigned Grade 1.

The Country Office would like to engage the support of a local NGO to provide relief to the affected population. To do this, what should they do first?

Due to the urgency of the situation, the Country Office must engage the NGO to support the emergency response before completion of the assessment.

Who can authorize this?

Arnav has been confirmed by HQ to deploy for immediate response to an earthquake in Indonesia classified as Grade 3.

Arnav needs to arrange a plane ticket urgently, but it is outside WHO travel agent working hours. What should Arnav do?

Once Arnav arrives at the event site, who provides his airport pick-up, accommodation, and required office space and equipment?

During the early stages of a vaccination campaign to respond to an outbreak of an infectious disease in Country Y, new cases continued to rise. Rumours began to spread in the community that the vaccinations are ineffective and part of a government campaign to target ethnic minorities.

Frontline healthcare workers are now concerned that these rumours are fuelling a growing mistrust in public health authorities. Numbers attending the vaccination clinics have started to fall.

Is this a risk or a problem?

In Country Y, there is a risk that community distrust in vaccination teams will lead to violence against staff.

In what ways could the emergency response team plan to mitigate this risk? Select all that apply.

Jae is based in a X region. The Country Office is affected by hurricanes nearly every year, which in the past have disrupted operations.

It is now the start of hurricane season and a Grade 3 emergency has been declared in the region due to a disease outbreak.

Is the threat of hurricanes a risk or a problem for operations?

Obi is the Incident Manager (IM) for an emergency response in Region X and Ashanti is the WHO Representative (WR). They are working with the risk management committee to determine the risk appetite and risk response actions for the current phase of the emergency response.

Who has ultimate responsibility for risk assessment decisions in an emergency response?

The OSL mission is achieved through three core areas: Logistics operations; Emergency supply chain management; and Technical health logistics.

Which function of OSL provides support with emergency treatment centre setup?

True or False: During the acute phase of an emergency response, OSL operating principles are in pull mode.

What main factors determine OSL’s roles and levels of responsibilities in an emergency?

Select all that apply.

An island off the coast of Asia has been hit by a category three hurricane.

Aligning to the SOPs for emergencies time frame, what immediate actions should the responding OSL team take?

Select all that apply.

In response to the hurricane on the island, Brenda Chen has been appointed as the OSL representative for WHO HQ.

Who is responsible for Brenda’s appointment?

The OSL CONOPS is part of the health response strategic document. It defines the main objectives, activities and priorities that are set in a precise time frame.

Which of the following assessments guide the writing of the CONOPS document?

Select all that apply.

VSAT Ku Band systems are satellite-based communications solutions, designed for use in different regions and environments. They can be fixed or mobile.

What type of mobile VSAT Ku Band system is recommended for region-wide emergency response, supporting 50 to 100 users?

All field offices should be established according to six core principles.

Which principle is based on ensuring WHO personnel are provided with a secure, peaceful and comfortable work environment?

According to the principle of timeliness, as the response phase progresses, the setup and organization of premises should evolve to improve working conditions.

What type of field office setup structure is expected to be in place by six weeks?

Complete the sentence.

It is the role of the ____________ to secure appropriate storage facilities.